From 56b086c18d57533da9d3622cb4b0c6ff77376a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Wellington Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 06:02:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that on a threaded Linux build, the amount of memory is not the sum of that of each "process". --- FAQ | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 04206239d6..186c964450 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ BIND 8 incorrectly accepted files that had neither. Q: Why do I see 5 (or more) copies of named on Linux? A: Linux threads each show up as a process under ps. The approximate -number of threads running is n+4, where n is the number of CPUs. +number of threads running is n+4, where n is the number of CPUs. Note that +the amount of memory used is not cumulative; if each process is using 10M of +memory, only a total of 10M is used. Q: Why does BIND 9 log "permission denied" errors accessing its